The following lines were occasioned by the death of Miss Mary Hedges : who departed this life February 17th, 1768, in the 19th year of her age.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 10897. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Verse of ninety-four lines; first line: Awake my muse, and strike the mournful lyre. Followed by: The epitaph upon her grave-stone. Another edition spells "epitaph" with an upper case "E" and has variant setting of type and relief cut. Dated: East-Hampton, ex meo musæo, March 1st, 1768. Samuel Buell, minister of the church at East Hampton, Long Island, is identified by Evans as the author of a similarly titled elegiac poem which also ends with the phrase "East-Hampton, ex meo musæo" and which was printed by Timothy Green at New London, Conn. (Evans 11591). Because the Hedges were a prominent family in East Hampton, this poem was presumably written by Buell as well and printed at New London by Timothy Green. Text in two columns; printed area measures 30.9 x 22.3 cm. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) : illustrations (relief cut) ; 33 x 25 cm. Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Connecticut -- New London. |